Cisco Systems 3560 Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features

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Catalyst 3560 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
For more information on IPv6 ACLs, see Chapter 39, “Configuring IPv6 ACLs.”
Some features described in this chapter are available only on the cryptographic (supports encryption)
versions of the software IP base and IP services images. You must obtain authorization to use this feature
and to download the cryptographic version of the software from Cisco.com. For more information, see
the release notes for this release.
• Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features, page 1-2
• Performance Features, page 1-3
• Management Options, page 1-4
• Manageability Features, page 1-5 (includes a feature requiring the cryptographic versions of the
software IP base and IP services images)
• Availability and Redundancy Features, page 1-7
• VLAN Features, page 1-7
• Security Features, page 1-8 (includes a feature requiring the cryptographic versions of the software
IP base and IP services images)
• QoS and CoS Features, page 1-11
• Layer 3 Features, page 1-12 (includes features requiring the IP services image)
• Power over Ethernet Features, page 1-13
• Monitoring Features, page 1-13
Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features
• Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP information, contact
information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
information through a browser-based program. For more information about Express Setup, see the
getting started guide.
• User-defined and Cisco-default Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for
simplified deployment across the network.
• An embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web
browser. For information about launchi ng the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
• Cisco Network Assistant (hereafter referred to as Network Assistant) for
– Managing communities, which are device groups like clusters, except that they can contain
routers and access points and can be made more secure.
– Simplifying and minimizing switch and switch cluster management from anywhere in your
intranet.
– Accomplishing multiple configuration tasks from a single graphical interface without needing
to remember command-line interface (CLI) commands to accomplish specific tasks.
– Interactive guide mode that guides you in configuring complex features such as VLANs, ACLs,
and quality of service (QoS).
– Configuration wizards that prompt you to provide only the minimum required information to
configure complex features such as QoS priorities for traffic, priority levels for data
applications, and security.
– Downloading an image to a switch.